This vertical farm is showing what we can do when farmers and engineers put their heads together. AT&T just made it official: ...

In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I answer the question is vertical farming is the future of food?

Towers of leafy greens grown in Plenty's vertical farm. Plenty Since Plenty's produce can be grown closer to where it'll be consumed, the energy-cost of transportation goes down.

Vertical farms promise to produce climate-resilient crops devoid of pesticides and fertilizers while reducing reliance on natural resources in contrast to traditional agriculture. Yet with the ...

After past investments in farming technology went bust, some developers are taking a closer look at what farmers need.

Walls of carefully spaced herb and lettuce plants rise to the ceiling of a massive greenhouse in Cleburne. Inside Eden Green Technology’s 62,000 square foot vertical greenhouse, over 340,000 ...

On a special episode (first released on November 20, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: AI applications in vertical farming have the potential to usher in a new model that not only yields a high volume ...

Where energy is sourced, and how much it costs, is fundamental to the sector’s future sustainability. According to most metrics, vertical farming is the ‘greener’ option. To grow 1kg lettuce in an ...

Vertical farming is doing the impossible by filling tables with fresh fruits and vegetables that were grown mere miles away from consumers in places like Massachusetts, even when they’re out of ...

By freeing up substantial areas of land, vertical farming offers space for other food production, bioenergy plans, or reforestation and restoration of ecosystems. It can enhance conventional farming, ...

AppHarvest is one of the most promising stocks in the world of agricultural technology. The company doesn’t just build vertical growing equipment but creates and maintains some of the largest ...